Williams Jessie Nicholas Williams dies in Danville
Mrs Jessie Nicholas Williams aged 89 dies Saturday at 12 80 PM at her daughter’s home 234 Girard Street Danville Born September 29 1883 she spent much of life in Norfolk and Danville She worked 36 years at Ames and Brownley in Norfolk Surviving daughters three grandchildren and seven great grandchildren Funeral Monday at 2 PM from Wrenn Yeatts Chapel with burial at Danville Memorial Gardens
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Jessie Nicholas Williams
Wiley F. Hughes
Girard Street
Williams
Danville
Jerry Nicholas
Maggie Clark Nicholas
Norfolk
Ames and Brownley
Henr Clifton Williams
Hazel C
Williams Greenwood
S.C
A Lee Plexico
Atlanta
Charles Kunzelman
Kensington
Wrenn-Yeatts
Harry Kidd
Victor
BE. Mantiply
Danville Memorial Gardens
Hughes
Record Snowfall Grips Georgia and Alabama
The Associated Press reports a historic storm blanketing the region with 12 to 15 inches in central Georgia and up to 13 inches in parts of Alabama. Winds near 60 mph whip the system into blizzard force, stranding thousands as Interstate 75 remains blocked 30 miles south of Atlanta and crews in four wheel drive work to rescue motorists. Cities including Columbus Macon and Augusta report severe disruption as the snow extends to Hudson Florida.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
Georgia
Alabama
Hudsoh
Florida
Hap Wilson
South Carolina
Atlanta
Columbus
Macon
Augusta
Miss Edith Overbey Dies Former Pittsylvania Librarian
Miss Edith Chambliss Overbey, 73, longtime Pittsylvania County public librarian, died yesterday in Memorial Hospital. Born April 2, 1899 in Chatham, she taught at Chatham Elementary and served 23 years as county librarian. Surviving siblings include Dr. J C Overbey of Norfolk and Dr. E D Overbey of Chatham. Funeral 11 a.m. tomorrow at Chatham Baptist Church with burial at Chatham Burial Park.
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Pittsylvania County
Memorial Hospital
Miss Overbey
Chatham
Jesse I
Martha Moore Overbey
Chatham Hall
University of Virginia
Miss Gverbey
Chatham Elementary
William Pitt Chapter
Daughters of
Scott Funeral Home
S. Main St
Pritchard Final Rites Slated Today
Funeral rites for E. Cecil Prichard 67 businessman of 543 Lansbury Dr will be held at Swicegood Chapel today at 2 pm by Dr Theodore E Landis Interment will be in Highland Burial Park Prichard died Friday night in Memorial Hospital A native of Colorado he was born May 23 1905 He came to Danville in 1993 and founded Corn Valley Packers He was vice president of Danville Bandag Inc and Alignment and Brake Service He was a member of Mount Vernon United Methodist Church Danville Elks Club Tuscarora Country Club and Laurel Inc Surviving wife Ruth Wilburn Prichard two daughters six grandchildren
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Lansbury Dr
Swicegood Chapel
Theodore E. Landis
Highland Burial Park
Prichard
Memorial Hospital
Colorado
Frank Edward
Jettie Lou Page Prichard
Danville
Corn Valley Packers
Danvillé Bandag Inc
Alignment and Brake Service
Mount Vernon United Methodist Church
Danville Elks Club
Tuscarora Country Club
Laurel ',Inc
Ruth Wilburn Prichard
E. Frank Montgomery
Bussell Rt. 3
J., A. Russell Jr
Martinsville Resolution Likely On Tap At Peace Meeting
Yan Henry County officials expect approval of the Martinsville Resolution by February 15 as Martinsville news sources note. The council agenda will be brief with three items not discussed at last Thursday’s session including a special permit for J J Waller to run an auto repair shop at 180 White Street and a parking lot permit for Ida and Harriet Fitzgerald and Memorial Hospital on four Embry Street parcels. An amendment to the city weights and measures ordinance is also up for action. Police in Columbus used garbage trucks to patrol slippery suburban streets.
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Yan
Henry County
Martinsville
J.J. Waller
John Hairston
White St. Ida
Harriet Fitzgerald and Memorial Hospital
Embry St
Columbus
Crossword Puzzle Across Clues Mixed in One List
Across clues include Perch Gibbons Quter covering Sack Sect Early Peruvian From top Hamburgs river English poet Where Glaston bury is Seasonal ballad New Mexico Tourist town Quartet doubloon Northern third Science degree Pepper Girl's name Work animals Dwellers Many a time Doctor's org Part of a novel Slide over Protruding rock Famous name in entertainment Kinga Abbr Soldier Fr Cologne Estates Death of Madagascar animal Ivan and Boris Aegteenber holie Mei in superabundance Red Former Exploit es with a High pitched Sacred Prefia Rhythm American lyricist Seaweed product Verb suffix Coral reef
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New Mexico
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Ivan
Boris
State education funding tied to teacher pay scale debate
Lawmakers debate funding formulas with localities supported by 65 cents per $100 and sales tax. Fowler criticizes the House plan for basing expenditures on an annual average salary, potentially locking future budgets to that figure. He notes constitution requires only a basic minimum standard and localities may exceed it.
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Fowler
House
General Assembly
Ashe Faces SBA Suit Over March 1970 Loan
Ashe continues from page 1 B in a suit tied to a defaulted loan obtained in March 1970 from First State Bank of Danville, guaranteed by the SBA. He asserts misrepresentations of material facts and seeks $8,500 loaned to the Charities between May 1969 and February 1972, plus action against the Charities. Mrs. Charity, a Danville lawyer and Virginia Democratic National Committeewoman, is named in the dispute alongside her husband’s public relations firm.
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First State Bank of
Danville
SBA
Ashe
Charity
Virginia
North Carolinians Among First Group Of POW Releases
At least 10 North Carolinians are among 134 servicemen and eight civilians released from Communist POW camps in Vietnam. Names include Air Force Lt Col David B. Hatcher of Mount Airy and Navy Cmdr Porter A. Haltyburton of Davidson, among others. Civilian Richard W. Utecht of Fayetteville, captured in 1968, is also released. his wife Ann and two sons received notice from Pentagon officials.
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North
South Vietnam
Air Force
David B. Hatcher
Mount Airy
Navy
Porter A. Halyburton
Davidson
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